Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Andy Burns Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Samsung no longer shipping with Samsung Messages in the USA Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:19:08 +0100 Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net KuDK0eg6phQpW5jaNS7WFgh8vx4qI5drCmFRvux7QZnADheFju Cancel-Lock: sha1:I81QLWX24YkNuzJb1A7oRryeQt8= sha256:2dWI8fYtt/KR4FM545RyMaXOzSg4qItKSB/NVxB76qs= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2065 Steve Hayes wrote: > Andy Burns wrote: > >> Your network provider has to either provide their own RCS server, or >> (increasingly common) use the servers provided by Jibe/Google, then you >> should be able to enable it within your messages app. > > If mine has such a server, I have no idea how to use it. I can't speak about Samsung Messages, but for Google Messages open the app, be on the conversations summary screen, not a specific conversation click on my avatar at top/right messages settings RCS Chats turn on it shows my SIM with a green "connected" status hopefully samsung is similar, or you could try installing google messages? > I use my Samsung dumb phone for SMSs, because it makes it easier to > send messages to groups than Android. RCS handles groups, without converting them to MMS, which is expensive in the UK > I have a Samsung smartphone (with a different provider), which I use > for voice calls and Internet stuff. > > > >